J 0004/17 (Resumption of proceedings for grant) vom 16.05.2018
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000417.20180516
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 16. Mai 2018
- Aktenzeichen
- J 0004/17
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 03781836.6
- IPC-Klasse
- A61K 38/11A61P 13/00
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
- Name des Antragstellers
- Reprise Biopharmaceutics, LLC
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Ferring B.V.
- Kammer
- 3.1.01
- Leitsatz
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- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 61(1)European Patent Convention R 14(1)European Patent Convention R 14(3)
- Schlagwörter
- Stay of proceedings for grant
Resumption of proceedings for grant - Orientierungssatz
- Rule 14(3) EPC is silent on the reasons for setting a date for resumption of the proceedings for grant. It is thus to be concluded that the legislator let it to practice and jurisprudence to define the circumstances that justify setting a date for resumption on a discretionary basis.
Resumption of the proceedings is not limited to cases involving misuse or delaying tactics. The possibility that the EPO sets a date for resumption upon staying the proceedings for grant hints towards a broader construction.
However an applicant cannot justify its request for resumption based on the length of the entitlement proceedings where this duration has been significantly caused by the applicant's procedural conduct.
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The stay of the proceedings is maintained.